BSF jawan held for gunning down colleague in Gzb, rest killers on run
A spate of incidents involving shootouts and murder shook the national Capital on Monday and its adjoining areas in matter of just 24 hours.
While a 31-year-old private tutor was shot dead by two unidentified assailants in Northwest Delhi’s Mahendra Park over an alleged illicit relationship on Monday morning, a 34-year-old man was shot dead at Taimoor Nagar in South-east Delhi by an unidentified person on Sunday night.
In another incident in Ghaziabad, a BSF constable allegedly gunned down his colleague in a fit of rage after a minor tiff with him at Braj Vihar locality on Monday, a police official said.
In another two separate shootouts in Delhi, a 20-year-old-girl and a local BJP leader’s security officer were injured. Save the BSF jawan who was arrested by police, all other killers are absconding.
According to Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) North-West district Aslam Khan, the private tutor, identified as Ankit, was shot dead around 8.30 am.
“Ankit used to give private tuitions. During our initial investigation, Ankit’s family has claimed that this might have happened due to a woman with whom he was in relationship. The deceased was known to a girl for more than 10 years. The angle of personal enmity is not ruled out,” said the North-West DCP.
In Taimoor Nagar incident, residents protested against the murder of a 34-year-old man, identified as Rupesh.
Till the filing of the report, angry residents blocked the road, demanding a CBI probe into the incident and immediate arrest of the accused.
Locals staged protests and accused the police of being hand in glove with the accused.
Initially, locals burnt two motorcycles and pelted stones at the police personnel who were trying to manage the crowd. A policeman was injured in the stone pelting and is currently in hospital, they added.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Southeast) Chinmoy Biswal said, Rupesh was injured in firing by two unknown men who were passing by his house. He succumbed to injuries later at the hospital.
However, locals alleged that Rupesh was shot at by two men, suspected to be linked to drug peddlers. His family claimed that he had opposed the sale of drugs in the area and that is why he was attacked, they added.
Residents alleged that illegal immigrants from Bangladesh are residing in the nearby JJ cluster and are involved in drug trafficking. They alleged that illegal immigrants are also involved in petty crimes and are the ones involved in sale of drugs.
The entire incident was captured in CCTV camera installed at a nearby house. The footage of the incident shows two men walking up to Rupesh, who was standing outside his house, and shot him in the chest at point blank range before fleeing the spot. “Rupesh was playing cricket with his 14-year-old daughter and two sons when the accused without any provocation shot him,” said Rajiv, neighbour of Rupesh.
In the BSF jawan case, police said jawans Ajit Singh a resident Pathankot in Punjab and Jagpreet Singh a resident of Gurdaspur in Punjab quarreled over some issue. During this course, Ajit sprayed bullet from his rifle on Jagpreet who died on the spot. The other fellow colleagues rushed the injured jawan to a local hospital where he was declared brought dead. As the information reached the police station police rushed the crime spot and took the accused in custody.
A 20-year-old woman was shot at allegedly by a man in northeast Delhi’s Harsh Vihar on Monday morning.”The woman is currently hospitalised. It is suspected that the accused was in a relationship with her but they had broken up. We are looking for the accused and further investigation is going on,” said a senior police official.
In yet another incident of shoot out a Personal Security Officer (PSO) of a BJP leader in Shakarpur was injured on Sunday evening. The BJP leader Mohit, who is also son of Pramod Nagar, president of Karkarduma Bar Association along with his PSO, was in Angad Vihar area when unidentified assailants opened fired on him.
“The PSO Deepak in return fired upon the assailants. Deepak was hit in the shootout. He was rushed to nearby hospital and is undergoing treatment,” said a senior police official.